tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226932009-02-20T22:31:04.096-05:00<p> <img src="http://lh6.google.com/grabinski.net/R7l2UzGNPiI/AAAAAAAAAIg/Tr4yMLD1TYQ/s288/IMG_0010_2_2.JPG" /> </p> <p> We hope you enjoy our family website. Emma Katherine was born on October 26, 2006. </p>Jimnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-27767581019118432892008-02-02T09:52:00.000-05:002008-02-24T22:08:36.688-05:00

We have been very busy the last few months! Lots of new things going on including Jim starting a new job, me starting mine, and of course Emma learning new things all the time. We have been taking advantage of living so close to our families and have visited them often. Thanksgiving and Christmas were extra special this year. Jim and I hadn't been home for Thanksgiving in years and we could drive

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-50821250049411376782007-10-30T21:30:00.002-04:002008-02-25T17:14:58.366-05:00

Emma's birthday was October 26th and she had lots of fun! Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Jim came down, and we went with Emma's 2nd cousins Taylor and Kait and their Mommy Natalie to Chuck E. Cheese. The girls enjoyed watching the show and playing, and the big people did, too! On the 27th we went to Grandma and Grandpa Sharp's to visit. On the 28th she had her big party. About 50 people came to share

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-71636318071875648912007-10-28T14:23:00.001-04:002008-02-26T10:35:49.485-05:00

Back home in Indiana! We (finally) moved to Fishers on October 1st! We started the drive on September 29th and stopped in Georgia that night and Kentucky on the 30th. Emma slept quite a bit during the trip, and played with Mommy or had snacks to pass the rest of the time. She has acclimated well to her new home, but babyproofing is hard with boxes everywhere! We have finally put most things away,

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-18942863049641492902007-09-28T13:04:00.001-04:002008-02-26T10:40:45.176-05:00

Our big news this month is that we sold our house! We will be moving the 29th and living in Fishers by October 1st. We can't wait, but this is going to be one busy month!Emma learned how to point at things this month. If she wants something, now she can communicate it with us. She learned her second sign, eat, and tells us all the time that she is hungry!She loves to cuddle with her blankie and

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-59898128980738893602007-09-05T23:44:00.001-04:002008-02-26T10:48:14.675-05:00

This month, Emma started drinking her milk from her sippy cup. She has milk 5 times a day, and 2 of them are now from a cup. I plan to have her take all of them from the cup by the time she turns one and switches over to cow's milk. She can now drink from the sippy all by herself. She said her 4th word, kiss, and kisses us all the time. She also started hugging and kissing her stuffed animals.

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-47548429571138232932007-07-31T21:15:00.001-04:002008-02-26T10:53:03.637-05:00

This month, we started things out by taking Emma to see the White Sox sweep the Devil Rays. She clapped and cheered like the rest of the crowd! For the 4th of July, we put her in her baby pool for the first time. She didn't really like it at first, but found out it was kinda fun after a bit. That evening, Mommy, Daddy and Emma went to see the Fireworks at St. Pete Pier. We were sure we had made a

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-53312956726404134112007-07-03T22:36:00.000-04:002007-07-03T22:42:12.825-04:00

We had a big month this month! She learned to go from tummy to sitting at the beginning of the month. Jim's side of the family came to visit for a week to help us get the house ready to sell. While they were here, we went to the zoo and rode the Merry-Go-Round, went to Busch Gardens, and rode on our neighbor's boat. She got her first tooth on June 4th! She learned how to crawl the next day!

Tricianoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-7088836680454200002007-06-07T23:03:00.000-04:002007-06-09T14:46:42.167-04:00

Emma can sit entirely on her own. She creeps around on her belly. She learned to slap my hand when I say "Gimme five". If you take something away that she isn't supposed to have, she cries and throws her whole body back in a tantrum. She said her first word on April 30th- Mama! It actually comes out more like "Mom-Mom". She usually only says it when she needs me, so more than ever she has me

Tricianoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-16504118747687593122007-04-26T21:55:00.000-04:002007-04-29T22:17:42.103-04:00

Half a year already! We can’t believe how time has flown. We celebrated our first Easter as a family, and Emma loved cuddling up on the fuzzy Easter Bunny's lap. She has learned some exciting new things this month. She can sit pretty much on her own. She just needs to work on her balance, and in the meantime, we surround her with pillows! Now that she can roll both ways, she rolls over and over

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1592061207621610222007-03-26T23:32:00.000-04:002007-04-02T00:00:10.941-04:00

Emma now pushes her entire body up while on her tummy. She rolls from her back to her tummy all the time. She sleeps on her tummy now, too. If you try to flip her back, she goes right back to her tummy! She scoots her upper body around to follow things and reach for toys. She squeals when she is happy and babbles a lot. Her teething is getting more painful now, she chews on things alot and sucks

Tricianoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-68117176210172115712007-03-07T11:55:00.000-05:002007-04-01T23:58:53.911-04:00

Emma and I visited everyone back home for a long weekend in March. We flew alone, which I was a little concerned about, but Emma was great. I worried that without Jim's help I may have my hands full, but she had an 8 month old buddy on the way there and back that kept her company when she wasn't eating, sleeping or playing with Mommy. We visited Grandparents and Great-Grandparents, went to a Fish

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-43505453013407660972007-03-02T22:31:00.001-05:002007-03-02T22:31:04.575-05:00

Emma's fourth month was a busy one! We had some friends over for the Super Bowl, and we had fun cheering on our 2 favorite teams. Jim got permission from his company to work remote, so we are working hard to get our house ready to sell and move to Indy. We can't wait to be closer to our family and friends, but our friends here will be missed. Emma celebrated her first Valentine's Day! Daddy took

Tricianoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-36649930762368410332007-02-11T22:54:00.001-05:002007-02-11T22:55:06.784-05:00

Emma has changed so much in the last three months. She has learned so many things since we got back from Indiana. She makes so many sounds now and changes the shape of her mouth and volume to make them sound differently. She mimics sounds we make to her, too. She can hold her head up almost entirely on her own and we do lots of tummy time each day to strengthen her neck muscles. She laughed for

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-12878315281453998032007-01-04T22:19:00.000-05:002007-01-09T00:03:43.641-05:00

We spent 3 1/2 weeks with our family and friends over the holidays. We left for Indiana on December 12 and returned to Florida on January 3. We stopped in Georgia and Tennessee for the night on the way there, and in Kentucky and Georgia on the way back. At 10 weeks old, Emma has been in 7 states! Our cat, Abby, even came along for this trip! The cat isn't much of a traveler, but Emma did just

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-54653218286806365742006-12-26T21:56:00.000-05:002007-01-09T00:03:14.648-05:00

Emma gave us her first smile on November 21! Daddy came home from work early that day and Emma was very happy to see him. Since then, she smiles all the time. She really focuses on people when they talk to her, and started cooing back at us right before we left for Indiana for the holidays. Now she practically carries on a conversation! She loves looking at lights and shadows, and now turns her

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1165636941814033752006-11-26T22:51:00.000-05:002007-01-13T23:08:32.742-05:00

Emma is already one month old! Here are the rest of the pictures from her first month:Check back after Christmas for more pictures!

Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1164148635998204992006-11-21T17:20:00.000-05:002007-01-09T00:02:32.336-05:00

Emma's Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Jim were here to visit for the first two weeks, and my mom was here for the third week. Emma is growing so fast. She is a very good baby, she doesn't cry very much and she is so fun to cuddle with! She wakes me up to eat some nights every hour, but she will often give me three or four hours to sleep between feedings. Sometimes she makes cute snore sounds when she

Tricianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1163382199000778872006-11-12T20:27:00.000-05:002007-01-09T00:02:15.384-05:00

Emma is such a great baby that we've been able to go out to eat a couple times. She's been sleeping for 3-4 hour stretches over night, and we have all started to get into a routine. I went back to work last week, but I miss Emma when I'm gone. Click on the picture to the right for more pictures from Emma's second week.

Jimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1162527479768595412006-11-02T23:13:00.000-05:002007-01-09T00:01:50.855-05:00

Here are some pictures from the rest of Emma's first week! She's our little pumpkin. Click on the picture below to see more:

Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1162080371624970742006-10-28T19:48:00.000-04:002006-10-28T22:32:31.666-04:00

Emma Katherine Grabinski was born at 8:25 p.m. on Thursday, October 26, 2006. She is a big girl at 9 lbs. 4oz. and 21 inches! Click on her picture to the left to see more from the last couple days.Emma is so healthy and just perfect! Tricia is a great mom, and everyone is doing really well. We are so lucky to have such an adorable baby girl. I can't stop taking pictures of her so there will be

Jimnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1161088206734168932006-10-13T07:29:00.000-04:002006-10-28T22:31:53.633-04:00

We had another OB appointment today and she told us things are starting to happen. I am dilated almost 2 centimeters, which can go on for awhile, but was exciting to hear. One step closer to Baby's arrival!When we saw the OB 2 weeks ago, she put me on bedrest for a couple of days because my blood pressure was creeping up and my swelling had worsened a lot. She also told me I could only work

Tricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1160026512681838202006-10-04T22:30:00.000-04:002006-10-28T22:28:45.026-04:00

Tricia is 8 months pregnant now! Doesn't she look great? The nursery is ready, and the baby is almost here!

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1160017610821309702006-09-10T20:06:00.000-04:002006-10-28T22:28:23.750-04:00

We have great friends in Florida that have done a lot for us with baby on the way. Jarrod and Sarah's brother John painted our baby's room for us a few weeks ago, which was a great help. Jim has his hands full with so many other things and I obviously couldn't do it, so our friends pitched in to help.Our friends Sarah and Jenn threw us a "Parent Party" yesterday. Their idea was to have a party to

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I took my last flights this weekend before the baby arrives. I am now too far along by doctor's orders to fly anymore.We went to Lowell for our third Baby Shower, this time on Jim's side of the family. We had a perfect weekend, the weather was beautiful and we had lots of fun with our family and friends at the shower. A few friends came that were unable to come to the first shower as well as some

Tricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35522693.post-1160029121773125312006-08-29T07:10:00.000-04:002006-10-28T22:27:41.330-04:00

Saturday was our second Baby Shower, thrown by the girls at my work. It was a shower for me and another nurse from my office, Krista, who is due to deliver a little boy, Brock, one month before me. I had a great time, once again spoiled rotten by all my friends! We are very fortunate to have people care so much about us and our baby.

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